Clarence William Sessions (February 8, 1859 – April 1, 1931) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Clarence W. Sessions
Michigan Western District Court
Born 1859 in Ionia County, MI
Died 1931
FJC ID: 2144
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 6/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
Michigan Western District Court · 1911–1931
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Michigan Circuit CourtJudge · 1906–1911
- Private practice, Muskegon, Michigan1885–1906
- Private practice, Ionia, Michigan1883–1885
Appointments
1911–1931 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1883
- University of MichiganA.B. · 1881